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From Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown to Kristen Stewart in Spencer: the best screen Dianas – ranked!

Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first and only great media celebrity of the British royal world – a figure with natural glamour, coquettishness and style; someone Camille Paglia once called the last silent-movie star. So it is natural that she should be captured on screen. Perhaps no one has quite nailed it, but here are my Top 5 fictional Dianas.

5. Serena Scott Thomas in Diana: Her True Story

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